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Adam Engst argues that Apple’s recent Mac-related announcements are understandable because, despite its size and capabilities, the company can focus on only one platform at a time. And it’s not the Mac.

The more things change, the more they stay the same — and vice versa. iOS 10 may not look that much different from its predecessor, but it has many refinements and new capabilities that might not be immediately obvious. Josh Centers presents ten of them here.

Through 21 March 2016, you can save 50 percent on the entire Take Control catalog of books. It’s a great opportunity to pick up titles that you’ve been wanting to read or that might be useful to have on your virtual shelf for reference. As always, all our ebooks are DRM-free and available in PDF, EPUB, and Mobipocket (Kindle) formats.

The simple facade of OS X’s built-in Preview document and image viewer conceals many powerful features. This week, we show you all the ways you can open files in Preview, including from cameras, scanners, and your Mac’s screen.

Why would a modern Mac user want to go back to a command-line interface? There are lots of reasons, and Joe Kissell provides five of them here. These quick recipes, which require no prior knowledge of the command line, enable you to do useful things that Apple doesn’t provide a way to accomplish in OS X’s graphical interface.